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" " 'c v. iLtf'i."- ?TS1 Che (MttmWi- $, ..1 o .- Xc - iO o o ,' VOLUME XXH.NUMBER 37. COLtJMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER HO, 1891. WHOLE NUMBER 1129. -:. i W waVaT s7 " -JV - -- - -wM awawl " - o o r o o o O 9 O ? o 1? i o o 0 o Oo , O o v OO a o Oo li o o fe 0 fe 1 oo . .wAw. O THEODBEUABLE Columbus State Bank (Oldest tatawaw) x, ftjs Ifltetst on Time Dcusit: AND lakes Loais n Seal Estate. ISSUES SIGHT DRAFTS OH takst CUmn. Hi n -8 ?.- SELLS -STEAMSHIP TICKS! BUYS GOOD NOTES a a AnJ Bclps Its Customers when they Meed Help, ,OFFICEM AND SIIXCT01S 1 ' o XJS4XDEB GEMtAItD. President. 1U H. 1IENKY. Vice-President. o0 JOHN" 6TAUFKEB, Cashier. 1L BUDOGKU G. W. HULST. COMMERCIAL BANK. OP COLUMBUS, NEB. HAS AN AitkoiM -Capital of Paii.ii Capita .ill, 90,000 o OFFICITSSt BHELDOX. Prut. OEHrjucn, vice-Prcst. A. NEW MAX. Cashier. DANIEL SCHUAII. Au't Cub. STOCKHOLDERS: C. H. Sheldon, J. P. Becker, oUtman p. ItOehlrlch, CrU Blanke. .Jonas Welch. W. A Mo Ullster. J. Henry Wurdcman. H. H. Winslow. aore W. Galley, S. C. Grey, aak rorer. Arnold F. H. Oehlrlo. , 'Hatty Loseke, Oernard Losiko. TBuk of dsparrt ; Interest allowed on time deposits; "buy and sell exchange ra United States aad Karape-md buy and sell available soear&Ies. We eh,! be pleased to rccolve your fccaiaosa. We sv&it your patronage. XSdocff fVMPfl BBPAIBKD OH 8HOBT Konai. Ofhrt ft tNriynpMHi Psst-sBa, Judicious Advertising Creates midj a new business, Enlarges many an old basinet, Revives many a dull business, "Rescues many a lost business, Saves many a failing business, Preserves many a large business, , "Secures success in any business. ana a bh ef bnsfaess, aad we add that laljckje advorUslag, for Oris aeclioa of country. THE JOURNAL of the meal iiesM,beeaaaeit is seal a the who know what they want an ,Skb ; peopl. the lorw for what they ant. We crallenm comDarlioa vita amy coantry paper ir tke world in this re ascot twenty yeare publishing by the eaxnt kaaaaemMBt, aad never one dnn to subscribers pahliaWd in Tan Jocbxau This, better thar wag ewe, anowe ue cuss es people wao lZJocaAi.eretyweelc tf fffiQr Aflsats Wssssil "PATENTS Tr.H. c. .amanaswawanaam T a BBnaawawawawawawawft " BwaJ4tmBwawawawaQaw ..aSY BSTewfir.aaya haw I an , Ua aMerawawauMTlM. eeMSeatei iBBwalTwSaawalaffaBaawSawav tawawhwafs. wtiB SmawawafJaV MHi BJBjBBBBBBBi BBBSBBBj oBA-gjwaaVs wBjawaSag. faamwdf b O " . - . ""-v- il-r. p Tk 'r4.A Ti, ? .janaawKZ-i -'-itJL .- . w. sosk --.:tv-t-o -i'i. t y;- vtT'n -i-.-j - r-rT,''v- . .. . tm.Ja -...: -sr-4- K-jasf..aby.-' :xavv.' .----maaaananmoiaawneslMnmawMSwMlawMSwMl COHTDiflED SMI EVENTS PRESENT JOINED TO THOSE PAST. HUSTLING FOR A NAVY WORK BEING CROWDED AT FULL SPEED. So Great la the Rash That the Mea Ware Not Allowed the Ordlaary ChrUtasaa Day-Several Mora Bin; Fightcra Will Sooa Be Ready. Nathlaf f,lk It Slftla the War. Dlspatohea froM S'ew York said that con trary to toKg-established custom the men employed In the Brooklyn navy yard were aot allowed the Christmas holiday this year Under ordinary circumstances this order hiight bz considered a great hardship, but at the present tlmo tho Navy Department is straining every nerre to place thtt ves sels of the navy la a positKm for immediate service. Not only are the men employed full time, bat they have been enabled to earn considerable additional to their regular pay by night work. The private contrac tors who are buildin; naval vessels have also been urged to crowd work as rapidly as possible In order that their contracts may be completed. Besides this, word comes from Norfolk that work upon the Newark is carrlod forward so rapidly that It will get away next week. Contractor Cramp, who recently launched the New York, will probably have that vessel ready to be put In commission several months before the time required by the contract. In fact, activity around the navy yards and ship building yards in the country is so groat that it has never been equaled elacc tho war closed. FROM JEST TO EABNE8T. Toaaa; People Joke or Salcldo aad Thea Commit It. Less than a year ago Grace Cook, May Sncll, Fred Butler and a girl named Uezers residing In Iona. Mich., agreed to fcoiumlt suicide. Three of the Covenanters have al ready perished by their own hands, while a fourth Is married and may have changed her mind. Grace Cook, the first to die, waa found in her home, writhing under the eS focts of morphine, and soon expired. Sor cral months ago Fred. Butler attacked a lady with a club, and, on being rdeattsed and tracked by the officer, Srcfu a bullet Into his brain. The third lite sacrificed In pursuance of the agreement was that of May Snell, who has just died at Battle Creek with every symptom of poboning by morphine. Tho agreement was made at a convivial gathering, probably In fun, but Is being kept as though It were a eaCred obli gation. Daasod a & Careless Brakemaa. A shocking accident occurred at Hastings, New York, on tho Hudson Biver road, be tween the St, Louis express and Niagara special trains. The official list Of the dead as given out. number cloven people. The terrible accident was due to the Careless ness of the brakemant Albert rl Herrick, of the Buffalo express, which was lying still below Hastings, Herrick fled and hat not yet becu found. Bonos for Settlers. The Canadian Cabinet has decided to con tinue the policy of an immigration bonus which has been in force the past season. The amount fixed by the order in council which the government will pay ih f 10 tor tho hoad cf a family and S& lor each mem ber of a family on settlement on land at any point In the dominion west of the east ern frontier of Manitoba. Job 81ms at Bis Pranks. Job 81ms, the notorious outlaw, is terror izing Choctaw County, Alabama. Seven of his gang, some of them liclng Sims' daugh ters, made a raid on McMillan, a merchant who had Incurred their displeasure. They fired his home and shot several of the oc cupants as they attempted to escape and then gutted McMillan's store. They threat en other outrages. Etuploymeat for the Starving:. It is reported some tlniti since that the Busslaa government intends to employ thousands of the inhabitants of the famine stricken provinces In the work of construct ing the Trans-Siberian railway which is to connect Viadivostock, the Russian port on the Pacific with European Russia. Texas Rangers Called Oat. In answer to a request from Major Gen eral Stanley, commanding the troops In Texas, asking co-operation on account of the Garza invasion in Mexico and the kill ing of Corporal Edstron by Garza's band on Texas soil. Gov. Hogg has ordered all the Texas Rangcn avallablo to march at once to the scene of conflict. Loaaea la a Deaso Foe;. London complains of a fog that beats all records on Christmas and the day before. It was the densest fog in year. Business on the street was practically suspended, it being Impossible to sea ahead more than a few inches. Many deaths are recorded from people r walking over embankments and into the Thames. Trade Dollars All Recolaod. The conversion of the trade dollar bull Ion Into standard 6llvcr dollars has been completed by the government. The coin age of standard silver dollars is therefore at an end unless a change be made in the policy of the Treasury Department through congressional enactment or otherwise. Roslgaed aad Regretted it. Ex-Secretary of State Soper, of Michi gan, who has been convicted of selling offi cial documents belonging to the State and pocketing the proceeds, has filed a protest against the acceptance of bis resignation from office. Gov. Wlnans says the Secre tary's resignation has been accepted. J. J. Case Dead. J. I. Case, the veteran manufacturer and horseman, died at Racine. The manufac turing business in farm machinery he estab lished has grown to very large proportions, tho buildings covering several acres. He bad a very large farm and stables, and was a great admirer of fast horses. Perish la the storm. While two hundred laborers were return ing from work upon the Sulmona & Isernia railroad ia Italy they were overtaken by a terrible snowstorm. Many were suffocated in the drifts aad others were frozen. Fif teen bodies thus far have been recovered aad tea are still missing. Chlaose Ian Mast Be Asaeaded. The need of aew legtslatioa to meet Chi nese immigration is being discussed by the Senators aad Representatives from the Pa cific coast. They say that the laws will have to be revised wJthla six months or the Chinese laborers will again be overrunning this country. Reciprocity with Fraaoo Haw. The French foreign office, it is aaaouaced, is drafting a treaty of commerce between France aad the United States. It is ex pected that aa important announcement on the subject will soon be published. of Yellow Fever. The advices state that the ravages of yellow fever ia Brazil are growing heavier dally. A widespread panic has siezed the people, aad ail those who are able are flee ing to the' mountains for safety. SUvei Xea Pleased. iBqalry Into the records of the members of the House Committee -on Coinage, Weights aad Measure shows by their past vstaf las ox I that fwose la favor of free coinage are Bland of Missouri: Williams of Illinois; Kllgore of Texas; Robertson, of Louisiana! Pierce of Tennessee; Epes ef Virginia i Mc Keighaa of Nebraska Bartine of Nevada; Those opposes are: Tracy Of New York; Williams of Hassftahusetts': Taylor of IUi bolst Stone of Pennsylvania; Johnstone of North Dakota was hot in the last Congress but Is thought by some to be ia favor of tree coinage. MOCK THE STARVING. Rich Rasslaas tTaaftVeted oy the Distress Asawaf tfea Peasaat The distress among the poor of Russia Jias not touched the MearMof many of the rich est merchant of St. Petersburg. They re fe bi subscribe to anything for the relief of their suffering countrymen. An illus tratloaof the apathy with which the ap peals have been received is the tact that the collection boxes placed about tad corn exchange were found whetf removed to be filled with aits ol tin and pieces of paper, ta numerous cases the dealers; after re ceiving exorbitant price) lor their grain. nt It to tile famine-stricken provinces In bags, the contents of which weremostly grass, sand, and bran. Corruption Is wide spread among office-holders, and they are little affected by the sights of distress-, sickness, and death, visible on every hand. Many of the town officials refused to enroll the starving peasants on the relief llSl Un less they first pay a bribe at the rate or ten copecks for every pound of rye given: Pe titions to the provincial assemblies an'A the government asking that the dram-shops be closed and the sale ot vodka, the national drink, forbidden, have availed nothing. FAMILY BEEP FOB EUROPE. Packed em Loag Island from the Meat of Wur Oat Morses; The Department of Agriculture an nounces that the Inspectors on Long Island have Unearthed an abbattolr at Newton Creek, devoted entirely to the slaughtering of broken down horses. Many of these horses are diseased and some had glanders-. Most of the meat was eomed. and put up for export as family beef. The Secretary of Agriculture wlrod the Inspectors at the Port bf shipment to stop such exports imme diately and aotlfy the local boards of health. The dealer learning this changed bis label and undertook to ship tse staff abroad as horse meats under the Impression that' he could thus evade the-bureau ln spectoi Secretary Ruslr, ntowev-h Aid hot propose to permit to Intent of the-law to be thus Willed, and he has been advised thai the chief inspector in New York seized an entire lot of seventy-five tierces and turned it over to the official clerk. The official record la the bureau of animal In dustry shows that this nefarious lndustr has beea carried oh for tofaie time in a secret fashion-. BeCrtUry Busk is deter mined to Use all the power at his command to put a atop at once and for all to tho abominable traffic. HAD A FIGHT WITH GARZA. Oae Soldier MUM aad Oaa lajared la a Bhlrmlsh la Texas: Advices from Rio Grand City are to the effect that the troops from Fort Ringgold, onder baptaln Burke, of the Third cavalry, had two skirmishes with Garza's band of bandits, who were seen crossing Into Mex ico. Corporal Estrom, troop C, Third cav alry, was killed and Lieutenant Hayes, cf the Eighteenth infantry, was slightly wounded. The bandits were sixty strong. While theforco opposing thetn numbered but nineteen. The object of the Mexicans was to sack the town of Comargd in Mexico. It Is not known how badly Garza's forces suffered, but he must have lost heavily. Three Mexicans were captured. Tho Ways aad Xeaas Committee. Of the ten Democratic members of the Ways and Means committee of the House, all except Stevens, of Massachusetts, and Bryan, of Nebraska, who are in their first term in Congress, were members of the Fiftieth, and of these all except Whiting, ot Michigan, are recorded as voting for the Mills bill on its final passage. Whiting mode several speeches upholding the tariff message of President Cleveland, andjwas probably paired In favor of tho bill. Springer, the Chairman, always voted for tariff reform measures, but has, by pub lished interviews, recorded himself In favor of passing specific bills to put a few articles on the free list and against a general revis ion of the tariff by the House at this session. The majority of his Democratic colleagues have stated In public that tbey were in favor of this line of policy at the present time. Stole from Mrs. Foster. Mrs. J. EUcn Foster, while in the Senate gallery witnessing the Plumb obsequies, laid aside her fur coat. She went forward to the gallery rail, and when she returned her pocket book, containing over $100 in money, and a diamond cross valued at $1,009 were missing. No clew can be found to the perpetrator of the villainy, and no such outrage ever before occurred in the Senate. ChUIaas Are Still Impadeat, The Chilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Matta, has sent a reply to a letter from the Argentine Minister in regard to Chilian es pionage upon the American legation. He promises the withdrawal of the detectives from the neighborhood of Minister Egan's home, but says he will continue to main tain the uniform police around the legation Profit Sharing oa Railroads. G. W. Parker, President and General Manager of the St. Louis, Alton A Terrc Haute, which operates the Cairo Short Line railroad, and a majority of the board of directors are very friendly to the doctrine of profit sharing, and a sub-committeo has been appointed to consider the matter and formulate a plan for putting the doctrine into operation on the road. Mora Troaalo la BrasU. A dispatch from Buenos Ayres says: "A skirmish has occurred in Rio Grande do Sul between Federal troops and a battalion of the National guard. The telegraph line has been cut to prevent the sending of de tails of the engagement." Russia Will Back Up France. The Russian government has decided to support France in an application to the powers to enforce Bulgaria's observance of the capitulation between France and Bul garia. Tho Fatal Ictele. Bernard Ready was killed and Henry Linnen fatally Injured by the fall ot an icicle In the shaft of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company's mine at Pittstown, Pa. Italy Ready to Reaew. It is asserted oh good authority ia Rome that diplomatic relation will shortly be re established with America. THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Cattle Common to prime. . Hoes Shipping grades aHAessre)eo wVBjhdVXCeU&o " eoee UwoKNBJssVfaow eeoi (MaXS M osTsksssiftsst Bablkt MfMjMJt ........ ................. Bttttkb Western dairy....... Eccs Western. SIOUX CITY. GATTLjB-Fat steers. .......... CsTZXiSV-Feeders .... HOGS....... ........... Sweep Wbxax.... Oats (new) COK2I. .. oe0ooaooo ooooooo FLAX OMAHA LIVESTOCK. Cattlb Common to prime... $180 Hoes Shippers 3.43 NEW YORK PRODUCE. WHZIT .-. m.,.2. UMiKA JjQ sr ....... '.;..rr?r uu fc ...fttab .miam MtiA ' . . SK.00 5 . &0 (ft 3.91 XO fi) 1. S .41 AS .I. a .93 M UM d SlOO aa S aw a a . .23 JO J3 .89 t 4.75 a s.15 WHAT THE! GOT. Bee Committee Asslgameat to.iawai Soatik Dakota aad Nebraska Members. . The preponderance of Democrats. . Is sd great 10 Congress, thai it Was impossieje 4 kite 'all the Majority deslrabfe CdByhlttee places, and the Republicans because ol their Ifnsll number, fared bettej. Mr. Bryan, of the First Nebraska District, got one of the rich plum. He secured bp,tia asual prize ftf a Hew member' or a place bHtbe Ways and Means Committee. Mr.. Kctri, of the same Jslate, has a place, on In ialaii Affairs. aH Expenditures In the Dei parime'ut of Agriculture. Mr. McKeighaa will sit around tho table la the committee room of Coinage, and will also be member of the committee on Enrolled Bills. Of the South Dakota members, Major Plckler goes to Public Lands, War Claims; and BaroHed Bills; and Bob Jolley id Agriculture and tnvalids' Pensions. In IoWa the Demo critic members cd.nqt fare so well, one reason being that tb'ejr icdde the wrong SueSs In voting for Speaker. Mr. Bowman finds hlmsolf stowed away oa Mines and Mining and the Suppression of tho Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. Mr. Hayes Is the only Iowaa to get a chairmanship, having charge of the committee oU Education; and has & place oh the committee on Enrolled Bills: Mr. Seerlcy is placed on the committee dH Public bends. W. H. Butler is oil Invalid Pensions, aild . Expenditures in the Stafcj Depart mont. Mr. . Hamilton flBds binise)t bn IJatchls ati'd Expenditures on Public Buildings and Grounds. Mr. White Is placed on Agriculture and Expenditures in the In terior Department. The Republican mem bers of tho Iowa delegation are fairly well treated. Col. Henderson secures tls old place oh Appropriations and Is also assigned to a place on (be committee, on tbe.Elventn Ccnsur. (.Mr,.tMiVer is assigned to Naval Affairs', the Columbian Exposition and. war claims; Mr. Perltlns to Territories, Mer chants Murlne.Fishcries and VentUatlon and Acoustics; Mr. Flick to Invalid Pensions, Pacific Railroads and Mileage! CApt Hull to Military Affairs and Railroads and Canals. WARLIKE NEWS AGAIK. Admiral Brown Said to Be Preparing for Active Operations Against Chill. The officials ot the Stae and Navy De parthichts bUserV6 i studied reticence about the Chiliad affair. It is IpdqratotftL how eVe'r, that jio action will be laked by tills govcfnraeBt tlrilll omcially advised by the Chilian authorities of the result of the In vestigation of the kUling of the sailors of the Baltimore. From San Francisco comes more warlike news. Admiral Brown has secured as option on the new and powerful tug Fearless, just finished at the Utiion Iron Works there. She baj speed of Sixteen ttnbli; and cjin carry coal enough to main tain ten knots per hour for fifty days. If purchased by the government she will be supplied with two five-inch guns and a sec ondary battery of four six-pounders and" four torpedo tugs. Admiral Brown also se cured options on four of Spreckles big steamers to be used for transport service. They can be mada ready in three Weeks. Tho Coast vessel Monterey can be made ready in three days if her armor plate Is ready. It is thought in San Francisco that Admiral Brown has received orders to sail for Valpiralso this week. Swine Yacclaatlea Is Good. The farmers have been watching with great Interest the result of a test of the method of inoculation of hogs employed by the Government Bureau ot Animal Indus try and tho Billings method; at Ottawa; 111. Fifty-five hogs were purchased by the government and located on a farm, aad Nov. 26 eighteen were inoculated by the government method, eighteen by the Bill ings method, and tho remainder left un lnoculated. Up to this time five of the hogs Inoculated by the BiUags method have died. All the others are alive and ap parently well, although deaths among the bureau's pigs In the near future would hardly be surprising, owing to the direct exposure to disease. The farmers are hope ful that the government method of Inocula tion marks an epoch lu the history of hog raising. Equlvaleat to aa Acquittal The report of the Chilian Judge who has been making inquiry into the assault upon the American sailors at Valparaiso, has been announced. It practically exonerates the Chilian rioters, claiming that the Bal timore sailor were the aggressors. Only four men were held for the crime. After the Procurator Fiscal has reviewed the tes timony and returned it for the Judge to pass judgment on. It will be submitted to the Supremo Court for a final decision. Every step In the investigation is now be, & hurried up by the request of the gevei ment. Can Take Bis Choice. Tho war over the American bog goes on. Dr. Salmon. Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, asserts that inoculation spreads swine plague and he Is sending out bulle tins to prove it. Dr. Billings, whose title is too long to insert In a paragraph, insists that he is sending virus to as many bog growers as he can supply and the inocula tion theory is no longer experimental. The farmer can pay his money and take his choice. Mob Justice la Arkansas. A mob of twenty-five men went to the jail at DeWitt, Ark., and shot to death three men. One of them, J. A. Smith, bad been proven to have hired a negro to kill his wife who was fighting divorce proceed ings instituted by him. One of the others shot by the mob was a brother-in-law of Smith, implicated with him, and the third was the negro hired to commit the deed. Well Known Miner Dead. John Davics, one of tbo best-known min ing experts In the west, Is dead in Chicago. Mr. Davies bad made andolost several for tunes in Colorado and California. He died. almost penniless. He was the origins), owner of the Little Chief mine near Lead ville, which he sold some years ago for $500,000. It was afterward sold again for $3,000,000. Sixty People Were Killed. Advices have been received from South Africa to the effect that while the Continbs expedition was en route from Quillimniane to Magbamba an exploson of gunpowder occurred by which sixty persons were killed and 170 wounded. The Alien Land Law' Told. Judge Collins at Chicago rendered a de cision declaring unconstitutional the alien land law; passed by the Illinois Legislature in 1887. Under this act non-resident aliens could not acquire .property by descent or otherwise. Paraelltes Win at fVaterferd. The returns of the election t Watcrford, Ireland, show that John E. Redmond (Par nellite) received 1,725 votes, and Michael 1 ivltt (McCartbyite) 1,229, a majority of 9 i votes for tba Parnellite candidate. Itebolltoa Spreading la BrasU. Disorders have occurred in various parts o: Brazil where the civil or military- au thorities attempted to suppress the inde pendents. The movement is spreading rapidly. Ia Forty-Three Myer was declared the winner In a 43 round contest with Jim Carrol ia the light weight fight at New Orleans, aad took the purse ot $4,9C0. A Thousand Killed. Letters from. Northern China say that .at least one thousand native Christians were massacred oy the rebels daring the recent roubles StarvlB la Finland. Twelve thousand people are starving In the north or t inland, which country hitherto been nippoied to be free froi famine. ' r, i WILL STOP RUSTLING; ' AN ORGANIZATION AFTER CAT TtE THIEVES. The Missouri River Stoekmea Are De termined to Pat Soma of tho Thieves Behind, tho Bars Owners of Herds Wlthoat Investing- a Dollar; ... A TJalteolKnwrt.of Stoekmea. Tqb fe'attjtf" "rustling" business' in South Dakota, Wyowidi aM Montana, has grown uatil a united effort Is now being made by all the big cattle men to put some of tho "rustlers" behind the bars and drive the, rest ot thorn out of the eettntf. The newly organised Biissoiiri 12 tVtir.SWck Wert's .AsWciatlen. With headquaaters at Fort Pierre', is kftersbtitebf the thieves &M has al ready caused thf arrest Sf twb',or three' different parties. In investigating the stealings they have found that parties now owning small herds have never been known to Invest a dollar in cattle. It ifbelleved that tho association will be abfe to bring the "rustling'' business to an end west of Pierre. HAtF BREEDS MAD. They Threaten to Upset the Sioux Treaty itTneyAreJiarrW fromLaJ.d: FiLiMG on Indian allotments continues at Pierre as a result of the decision that the children of mixed parentage are not entitled to the rights of Indians in tak ing up landt No serious trouble has Vet resulted: It is reported that a snnaw man named Napoilali; wiio Ilad an illbt inent to him of 3,5do acres of land run ning for eight miles up and down tho Bad Biver, ran some claim jumpers off his place with a Winchester. Uo half breeds are Claiming that they Will play even if they have their rights taken from them by having the Indians brfhg suit to declare the Sioux reservationaaot open to settlement. They say tha't if they are not classed as Indians then the treaty by which the Sioux reservation, containing li.OO0,0oo acres of land; was throw fa open to settlement is void, fdr if their natbes. are, hdt counted as In dians then there was not tho necessary two-thirds consent of the Sioux Indians obtained by the commission which was appointed by Congress for that pur pose. Establishing Alliance Stores. Trade Commissioner Bentlkt, rep resenting the National Union Company Of New York and the State Alliance or ganizations, says the co-operative stores have been opened for business in the following cities of South Dakota: Aber deen, Mitchell, Bijou Hills, Flandreau, Brldgewater, Alcestcr, Vermillion, Tyn dall, and Brookings, and transfers at White and St. Laurence are in progress. Tho work, though necessarily slow, is going forward at a very satisfactory rate, not only in South Dakota, but id North Dakota, Minnesota and else where. In South Dakota alone some forty-two preliminary contracts with merchants have been made. It will take some time to get as many stores in operation, but it is expected to do this and even more. Sooth Dakota Equal suffragists. The South Dakota Equal Suffrage Association closed thcirannual meeting at Huron" last week. The officers for the ensuing year are: President, Mrs. Emma Cranmer, of Aberdeen; Vice President, Mrs. Sophia Harden, of Woonsocket; SccretBy and Treasurer, Mrs. E. M. WardagfilAf Huron. Mrs. Alice M. PicaMBaFauIkton, was chosen organizweJPsMsniember of tho National Executive Committee. Mrs. Wardall was appointed to represent the association at the nationat convention. It was decided to engage in a vigorous campaign the ensuing year, and plans to that end were inaugurated. A reso lution prevailed asking the nominating convention of each political party to nominate a woman for the office of Snperintendent of Public Instruction. A Queer Provision or Law. In a Sturgis Justice Court the other day, two gamblers who had been ar rested for carrying concealed weapons were discharged because the law p;o Ided that the prosecution must prove that the guns were loaded. The Sheriff who made the arrest was disgusted and declared if it required a "six full" to win it was timo to stop the deal. The Prosecuting Attorney intimated that tho inmatos of the insane asylum could have made a better law. gulag a Railroad Company. Twelve or fifteen suits have been be gun by parties in the vicinity of Vilas against the Chicago, Milwaukco & St. Paul Railroad Compnay for damages caused by a prairw tare set by tho com pany's train last September near Kos well, and it Is understood that several more will follow, making about twenty five In all. The damages claimed amount to over S10,000. On to the Hills. General Manager Ward, of the Duluth, Pierre & Black Hills Railroad, is in receipt of a letter from the eastern manager of the road stating that tho contract is to be let for the laying of the ties and iron on the road from Da ker to Pierre during the next month. Hair Breeds I Will Trotest. The Indians at the Crow Creek agency do not take kiniiy to the recent decis ion taking away the rights of half breeda4o acquire title to laud under the allotment act, and it is thought a dele gation will go to Washington to appeal From the decision. The felssetoas Saving Their Money. Rev. George Crawford, a ffcscton Indian minister, says his prop'e ;iro saving the money raid to them by tho government, and will use il in putting in crops next spring. Ho expects tho reservation will be opened in April. One or the Best. It has been developed that the arte sian well struck just south of ( hamber laln is one "of the best in the State. 'While the exact flow has not been de termined, it is estimated to be between tOO and COO gallons per minute. More Iadlaa Walk Kotcllers. Fifty Sioux Indian recruits, enlisted la the regular army- at Pine Ridge, have Veen sent to Fort Cmaha. Ten squaws and a 'number of papooses are included la the party. Sectarian Schools Cannot Collect. The South Dakota Supreme Court de cides that sectarian school's cannot col lect money fromthe State, as was done ander the territorial- law. Retaras from tho Hemestake. THEHomestake mine has produced $18,000,000 on an investment of S70,;00, aad divided $4,780,750 among the fortu aate stockholders. Mora Sooth Dakota Lands. Tkc Sisseton and Wahpeton Indian lands in South Dakota will be opened to settlement April 15. till Operate m Steamboat. At a meeting held at Castalia it was ananimuusly decided to form a company to own and operate a steamboat on thn Missouri River, to ply In tho grain trade iiMii; Ti.fe between Charles Mix County atid Stoix City. Citizens of Jackson Township havi already subscribed for shares la the project to the artoiiht trf t9& A convention has been called to meet al Edgerton on Jan. 14, 1892, at which all township are expected tq, be repre sented. Wants tho Ceaveatioa'.- Watektown wants taenaat Bepublk ean State convention! -.'' 'i. THE CAR ?f3 HBRatEbF. An Insaao Woman Takes Possession of a Passenger Car la Nebraska. Mrs. BEStiAvlJi Koehlee fa ths aame of a married lady who toott $6sseseIotf of a car on tho B. & M. Iyer and scared tho other passengers out of a jeir's growth Mrs. Koehler's husband is i fnaft carrier at Denver, and the two wero on their way east. , Shortly after leaving' Hastings, Neb:, she waaMriteel by a fit of .temporary insanity anddraw ing a revolver fired three' shots through! the door. The passengers vaeafMhat once, leaving the insane woman la f til! possession. The police 'at Lincoln were telegraphed -'to, and when the train hulled lutd tho depot a squad of officers was on barJd. After' greeting the effi cefs with a few welcoming' shots from her revolver, th9 woman agreed 4o ac company ihe officers to' the pdlie'e stK tion. After she had had an opportunity id teni for a few moments she became much better 2u3 she andy her husband continued their journey eastward N EBRASKA AND THE FAIR. The- State Ahead of AU Others la Its rt-eparato-ry Work The next ingctirig ttf thX Nebraska World's Fair commission will fed field1 irl Lincoln Jari. 19. 1892, at which time planS arid spft'clflfeatiohs' for tho proposed Nebraska building at the Win-Id's Fair will be received, examined and adopted. At the last .meeting of the commission a resolution was adopted asking the arch itects of the State to submit plans for a building with a floor space equivalent to 0x120 feet In size and two stories in height, the eost when completed not to exceed S15;000. The first floor will con tain tHejnairi exhibit hall, a general re ception room, three' office' rboms, toilet rooms, etc On the second floor will be the rooms for the educational and art exhibits, reading room, another largo reception room, two smaller re ception rooms, toilet rooms for ladies, etc. A proposition to receive in trust 81,000 to be divided into three prizes of $509, $300, and $200 for map-drawing, to be placed in the educational exhibit, was submitted, by Colonel Bills and unanimously adopted. This money has been raised by an association of gentle men interested in educational work in the State, and no portion of the amount is to come from the money appropriated by the State. Commissioner General Greer was authorized to appoint such department superintendents as he deemed necessary, with the understand ing that no salary IS to be attached to such positions prior to the year 1893. Tho preparatory work has been ad vanced to a far greater extent than any of the other States, and with tho begin ning of the new year aggressive work will be commenced and pushed with all energy possible. SUGAR BEET TESTS. The Result of Ksperlmeats at Schuyler, Neb., Satisfled the Moot Saagatao Ex pectations. Prof. Maxwelt, who has had charge of the government experimental station at Schuyler, Neb., has returned to Washington. Tho experiments in grow ing tho beets and testing their sugar producing qualities were not only on a fairly largo scale, but wero conducted in tho most practical and thorough manner. The result surpassed the most sanguine expectations, particularly with regard. to the yield. The crop of sugar beets raised at Schuyler exceeded the European experimental yields fully five tons per acre, and slightly surpassed them in sugar. There was over 13 per cent, of sugar in the whole crop. The experiments demonstrated that farmers can raise on the average fifteen tons of beets per acre at a cost of 83.25 per ton delivered at tho factory The minimum price is 84 per ton but the average is about 84.50. The profit will thus be seen to bo about 815 per acre, after al lowing for labor, seed and value of land. The cost to European farmers Is con siderably less for wages, but the value of their land is greater and they are obliged to buy expensive fertilizers, which are not required on our Western farms, so that there is very little differ ence in the actual cost of laying down a' ton of beets at the factory here and in' Europe. That sugar making is profit-' able to capitalists the progress of the' Oxnards in Nebraska and California' fully proves. She Was Very Mnch Abased. The police of Kearney are trying every way possible to obtain the where abouts of Edna Clayton, a middle-aged woman who came there about two weeks ago and obtained work as a'do mestic with Mrs. D. W. Roe. She claimed Cairo, HI., as her home, and spoke fccl.ngly of the hardships she had endured, adding lhat her wardrobe had recently been stolen, together with 850 in cash, leading her poorly clad and penniless. She gave general satisfac tion until one night last week, when she disappeared, taking with her valu able clothing, jewels and money belong ing to Mrs. Roc. Late intelligence shows that the woman is no common thief, but accomplished in the art. Killed at a Railroad Crossing. A. L.- Ferguson and his wife were killed at a crossing west of Violet, Neb., on the Burlington & Missouri Road. Two sections of a freight train a short distance apart were bound eastward, and when one section had passed Fergu--on. accompanied by his "wife and baby in an open vehiclo, thinkiug tho road clear, attempted to cross, when the sec ond section caught them and threw the whole party out on tho cowcatcher, where the fireman caught hold of them and held them until they reached Vio let. The man's neck was broken, the wife lived a short time after reaching Violet, and the baby has died since. There was no mark except a scratch on the woman's face. A Wreck in Nebraska. A BPKCiAir freight on the Black Hills line of the Burlington met with a seri ous wreck at H&mpton, Neb., in switch ing to set out a stock car. A number of cars became detached and ran down grade about a mile from the station. The train started back after then, but reached them sooner than was expected and struck them with such force as to demolish four cars, killing Conductor Drake and seriously injuring Brakeman Edwards. - Strike t oared oa the Etkhora. Alvin Pfeffer, station agent 'and telegraph operator at pavey, has been notified by tho railroad company that he must sever his connection with the Crdcr of Railway Telegraphers or ha would be dismissed. All the-operators along the Elkhorn Road have received similar notices and . strike is feared. Jt aptares a ier Factory. Lixx)i.N ;has captured a beet sugar factory. It will be built by Dyer Bros., and the American machinery will be j used 5-' i GROWING INDUSTRY First sugar beet conven tion IN NEBRASKA. 1 Largo Catharine; of tho Mvo-Mea of tho State to Give fiaTsnawdt tw tho Mow ladaatry aad Gate lafsrwiallosi CawesraUar V lion in KeoYaekawav a deoldod smcsss. Lincoln was crowded With delegate and ine interest was secoaa oniy to m pwti cor ooo wvimuua. in kwiuh poiitieiftrft ot all parties were la attend ance ana raft ana mingiea m peneci harmony. Gov. Thayer delivered thd forMal ad- M-mm nt mImuu Tfo Aharoeterlsotl an an act of bad faith the repealing of tho bounty law or tae last ijegauaiuro. tha subject Of legislation needed ia the " future he said: 9c Mtr Weaon this subject tats: a hope the nextlrsnature will pass awother law oa this subject, dividing bounty be tween the farmer and tho fAwnWfiictarer. Applause. And I beUeve, If the WgWa- 1.... l ..! ... . .haft .t,-ttj.Tf. lurv kuvuiu pus ui . w .. .-., It would fod almost universally endorsed by the people.- i oesire m rui uuuni nave mo wuuv w ....- raanufadtdre'rV; botl are entitled at least to our most ravorauie eonsieera.ion. '" It hit been demonstrated aria shown that sugar can be made in Nebraska. I bave the faith to Delleve that Dciore eign years . 3m U.L.1.. Ill Kj. lh.M4fc nave yassru munuia w .. sugar producing 0te In this Union. I do believe, gentlemen, that ffo other measure can be adopted which will result lr greater ho..a an r iw Mffnrdathe material 0TO9- oritjr of the State, so far as regards tho public welfare wan xne wuuuureun fne bee't stigar Industry. Ex-Lidut. G"dV. Melklejoho was made permanent Chairman, and Messrs. Na sdn of Omaha and Atkinson of Lincoln secretaries. A committee On resolutions was ap wttntati. Purnu nt XonirHt Thummel. hrwaaavw m. e aewo, wo . v - of Hall; Scott, of Douglas; MdCIay, of Lancaster; lioagiana, oi ijancaur, Deitricb, of Adams, and Beck, or Red Willow, ii n Tumlit nt Hall f!mintv. read a paper dn ''The Proits of Raising Beets for Sugar." An exti act is given; Tho 'n.Vf.imi nt Ihn nrtit two Voar at Grand Island has sKcfwr! that a farmer can prepare and plant his ianu, ran iot ins crop and bring it to harvest time at n total ....... it n ami nt S13.75. which amount Includes the cost of seed and rental of a suitable seeder and full compensation Ka n.t te9 His nwn tlniA and that of his family and teant. To these Sgurcs must be added el per ton ior we cos oi nrTiri. Im tha fwxt and dnllverin! them at the factory, which flgure allows the payment of U cents per ton ior ireigni. It will thus be seen that the entire aver age cost to the farmer of raising and deliv ering at tho factory the product of one acre Df beets, U a yield of twelve ton ba ob tained, is 825.75. Taking 14 percent, as the average sugar content of the beet, which was the average per cent, obtained this year, the value of twclvo tons would be at Ibis year's tcale of prices $42. Deducting the total cost of the crop there Is a net profit left of Sltf.23 per acre. For a yield of iiftcen tons per acre tbo net proSt would bo 521. 73 per acre. Ii' the beets bad contained this year, as they did last, IS por cent. Instead of 14 per .-"tit. of sugar, the net proSt in the Sret in-ita-ice would bave been $22.25 per acre, and the second Instance $31.25 per acre. The different Items of expense, which make up the 31X75 which I bave stated was what the Industrious and Intelligent farmer had found to bo the average cost of raising an acre of beets are as follows: Plowing, ten t- twelve inches deep. . .$ 1 50 Harrowing and rolllngtwlce 1 03 Seeding (including rental of drill).... 73 Twenty pounds of seed 2 00 Thinning out the beet-i ' 0U Hoeing twice 4 9J Cultivating with horse cultivator. ... 1 50 Total. "" To which mut be added $1 per ton for harvesting, hauling, loading beets oh cars and freight at 30 cents per ton to the fac tory. Mr. C. H. Dietrich, or IIasting3, who had but recently returned from Ger many, gave some observations on tho manufacture or beet sugar in that country. He said there were a great many smaller factories costing all the way from 850.000 to 8300,000 eacn. These factories simply extract the syrup nr raw siiaar from the beets, and tho raw product is then taken to some cen tral refinery, lie stated that many oi these small factories, in fact most of them, were owned on the co-operativo plan, in which the farmers owned stock in tho factories. Referring to tho bounty question, Mr. Dcitrich said that ho favored the payment or a bounty by the State, not only to the manufacturer but to tho producer. Mr. Deitrich also favored the employment of a State chemist at each sugar factory, and the employment of an expert in every county, to instruct farmers in the best methods of raising beets. Prof. U. H. Nicholson, or the Ne braska State University, read an inter esting paper on ''Nebraska as a Beet Sugar State." His address was an ad mirable exposition or the advantages or soil, climate, etc., offered by Nebraska for the cultivation or the sugar beet. He discussed the question from a scien tific as well as a practical point of view. Several delegates took part in the discussions which followed the papers read, and many interesting points were brought out. A permanent organization was effect ed, with the following officials: President Geo. D. Meiklejohn, Fullerton. Vice Presidents C. A. Atkinson. Lincoln; J. O. Cramb, Falrbury; J. 9. Hoagland, North Platte: O. E. Adams, Superior. Secretary--W. N. Nason, Omaha. Assistant Secretary M. A. Lun. Treasurer Maj. McArtbur, Lincoln. BEET SUGAR PLATFORM. The report of the committee on re9& utions, as amended by tue convention, was adopted with bnt two or three dis senting votes. It was as follows: Whereas, The State of Nebraska in the year J 889 enacted a law for the encourage ment of the sugar beet Industry, in conse quence of which two factories were secured for Nebraska; which law was repealed in 1891, which repeal this convention regards as a mistake on the part of the people of Nebraska; therefore be It Besolved, That the material interests of the people ot the State demand that we. as a State, should practically restore the pro visions of the law, and that the bounty should be restored in a manner just to the farmer aad the manufacturer; and be It Resolved, That this convention recom meads aad respectfully urges upon the next Legislature the enactment or a taw that will pay the growers of sugar beet la Nebraska for a per":-1 of Ave years a bounty of $X a ti rr sugar beets to be manufactured Into t..jar, yielding at least 12 per cent, ot sugar, with a coeMclent of parity equal to at least 89 per cent, r and belt Resolved, That there be also paid for a like period to the manufacturer of beet sugar la Nebraska a bounty of cent a pound for all sugar manufactured from beets grown in Nebraska, which shall aot be paid unless the price paid to the growers of beets by said manufacturers be as fol lows: f 1 per ton for 12 per cent, beets, par ity 80 per cent ; $4 per ton for 13 per cent, beets, purity 89 per cent. : $4 per ten for 14 per cent, beets, parity 89 per cent.; $4.59 for 15 per cent, beets, purity 89 per cent; and so on. Increasing 59 cents per ton with each additional per cent, of sugar; and belt Besolved, That the general government should provide a compete at chemist at each factory during the working season; aad be' it further Besolved, That the secretaries of this convention be instructed to furalsh each of our Senators aad Representatives la Coa-l gress with copies of this report, urging upon! them the Importance of this enterprise aadl work. '-J'.J-'.J ", DIMCTOwKSi a. AsTMJggJj. Wkwm MSSMfc VMBMew. ! .AH IAOOB J. First NatliiilBHk, Ckuumbms, Neb. leiBltfCawMlrflT,imi Dae from other beaks $4S,TrXJ8 Deo from U. 8. Treasury.. S75.Be Cash on head lt.4n.4S UAnLRixa Habitant amH at aTfoVrlatf . .. m.ooo.ooo oooo a pH'J.Tided profits 1-MJ6U4 RtfUtSCOQatvV.. .to eoee eoee eeeeeooooex Ptt flOJpOflltOfal eeoeaeooeeooeeeoowoeoi wsbtfMMfar1g. II ! Il ll J ft. HI LIAlf, QfJEJUPrMB ATTOZHiYaATLAW. K.O. Tin ail Skeet-Irw- Ware! wtrS? S!&&?-J5li HENRY G-ABe. i ? COFFINS AID METALLIC CASES. 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